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Keywords
Critical thinking--Study and teaching; Science--Study and teaching;
Abstract
There has been limited research which specifically explores the effects of science achievement when teaching thinking skills in isolation to upper elementary students. There are many components of thinking skills; however, the present study deals specifically with the student responsibility aspect of thinking skills. Subjects are fifth- and sixth-grade science students enrolled in a small rural Midwestern school district. Students were divided into classes by the principal. There was an effort to equalize both classes academically. The student responsibility section of a thinking skills program, devised by the Area Education Agency 7, was used. A 2-week period at the beginning of the school year was devoted to this study. Students were broken down into an experimental and control group, for both the fifth and sixth grades. The control groups were involved in an unrelated Health Skills for Life unit, while the experimental group received the treatment for 4 days. After the first 4 days of school, both the experimental and control groups started the first chapter in the Merrill Publishing Company Science book. The experimental group was reminded of the treatment as they progressed through the chapter. At the conclusion of Chapter 1, all students received the posttest provided by the Merrill Publishing Company. Data were analyzed to determine what effect teaching thinking skills in isolation to fifth- and sixth-grade science students had upon achievement. Upon examination of data of this study, there was a slight increase. The comparison scores between the experimental and control group were not significant at the .05 level of confidence.
Year of Submission
1990
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
First Advisor
Mary Nan Aldridge
Second Advisor
Marvin O. Heller
Third Advisor
Cathy L. Thompson
Date Original
1990
Object Description
1 PDF file (48 leaves)
Copyright
©1990 Craig M. Hemmen
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hemmen, Craig M., "An Investigation of the Relationship Between a Program for Teaching Thinking Skills and Science Test Scores" (1990). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2918.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2918
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